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PAGE 2 — The Georgia Bulletin, October 22,1987
Archdiocesan Clergy Lead The Casket Of Archbishop Out Of The Cathedral.
Bishops Concelebrate Resurrection Mass
Over 30 archbishops and bishops came to Atlanta for
George H. Guilfoyle
Camden, N.J.
the Mass of the Resurrection for Archbishop Donnellan.
Ernest L. Unterkoefler
Charleston, S.C.
Included among the visitors were:
W. Thomas Larkin
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Stanislaus Brzana
Ogdensburg, N.Y.
Michael J. Begley
Retired, Charlotte, N.C.
ARCHBISHOPS:
Raymond W. Lessard
Savannah, Ga.
Edwin B. Broderick
Retired, Albany, N.Y.
Pio Laghi Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to the United States
Patrick V. Ahern
Auxiliary, New York
Thomas C. Kelly
Louisville, Ky.
Andrew J. McDonald
Little Rock, Ark.
James A. Hickey
Washington, D.C.
Francis J. Mugavero
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Joseph T. Ryan
Military Archdiocese
Francis B. Schulte
Wheeling, W. Va.
Edward A. McCarthy
Miami, Fla.
J. Keith Symons
Pensacola, Fla.
William D. Borders
Baltimore, Md.
George E. Lynch
Retired Auxiliary, Raleigh, N.C.
Theodore E. McCarrick
Newark, N.J.
John J. Nevins
Venice, Fla.
Oscar H. Lipscomb
Mobile, Ala.
Eusebius J. Beltran
Tulsa, Okla.
Edward D. Head
Buffalo. N.Y.
Norbert L. Dorsey
Auxiliary, Miami, Fla.
BISHOPS:
John J. Snyder
St. Augustine, Fla.
James I). Niedergeses
Nashville. Tenn.
Thomas V. Daily
Palm Beach, Fla.
Daniel A. Cronin
Fall River, Mass.
F. Joseph Gossman
Raleigh, N.C.
Lawrence J. Riley
Auxiliary, Boston
Norman F. McFarland
Orange, Ca.
Austin B. Vaughan
Auxiliary, New York
John J. Ward
Auxiliary, Los Angeles
Martin N. Lohmuller
Auxiliary, Philadelphia
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Farewell —
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Catholic Church and encourage others in faithfulness.
A priest for 48 years, and a bishop 23 of those years, he
served the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in
many ways, including as treasurer for two terms and a
member of the executive committee. But, the bishop
observed, he was also a priest who remained “extraor
dinarily close” to his seminary classmates from St.
Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, New York; who “truly
loved them and his other brothers in the clergy” and who
helped others, including young women seeking life as
Religious. A number of seminary classmates were among
those concelebrating the Mass.
One sign of the depth of friendship in his life was the
steadfast presence of his sister, Nancy Donnellan. “I offer
special sympathy to his beloved sister on the loss of his
presence in a beautiful and loving brother-sister relation
ship which was always there,” Bishop Guilfoyle said.
Two redheaded young men who carried the gifts to the
altar at the Offertory were Christopher and Timothy
Lynch, 18, twin sons of a former classmate at Catholic
University of America, a family friendship sustained for
over 40 years.
“Archbishop Donnellan’s priestly ministry was marked
with joy and enthusiasm, with love patient and kind,”
Bishop Guilfoyle said, and an elderly woman seated in a
front pew said quietly, “yes, yes” as she listened.
Bishop Guilfoyle also touched upon the archbishop’s
roots, drawing a moment of deep laughter as he said, “We
grew up as boys in the Bronx...You’ve heard of the Bronx.
Some of us graduated.” But he added that the archbishop,
most of his life a Northerner, “came to love Atlanta” and
had planned to stay here when he retired.
He closed his eulogy emphasizing the archbishop’s under
standing and acceptance of fidelity to the Church. “His
unswerving orthodoxy to the truth of the Gospel and his
devotion to the Holy See were outstanding and a worthy ex
ample to all of us who profess faith in the Lord,” the
Camden, New Jersey bishop said.
“As a sign of the love of Jesus, he sympathized compas
sionately with human weakness and zealously advanced
human dignity and social justice. As a sign of fidelity to the
doctrine of the Church and as a sign of the unity of the
universal Church, he stood with his. brother bishops and the
Roman Pontiff communicating the certainty of the Catholic
faith...”
Having carried out this life of service, the bishop said
“May his valiant soul rest in peace.”
The body of the archbishop had rested in state in the
Cathedral Monday night. A Mass for the faithful was
celebrated Monday, by Bishop Ernest Unterkoefler of
Charleston, S.C., with other bishops and priests as con-
celebrants and Monsignor John McDonough, ad
ministrator, as homilist. The gathering filled the Cathedral
to capacity.
When the Mass ended, a line of people slowly filed by the
casket to pray quietly and then were greeted by Bishop
Unterkoefler, seated at the altar, who spoke to them in
dividually and blessed the people.
Archbishop Donnellan “really did do wonders for Atlan
ta” commented Gussie Hannah from Our Lady of Lourdes
parish. “He put a lot of churches in these suburban, small
places. We didn’t have that until he came.” Mrs. Hannah, a
Legion of Mary member, said, “I liked him very much. I
loved him.”
Vietnamese Catholics gathered in front pews Monday
night to chant prayers for the dead, following their tradi
tion. Mr. Tam Van Bui said the archbishop, who had visited
Vietnam during the war, had always been supportive of
Vietnamese Catholics here.
Among the priest concelebrants at the Resurrection Mass
Tuesday was Father Mario Vizcaino, national Hispanic
leader from Miami, who stepped forward to say, “He was
like a father to me,” strongly supportive of Father Viz
caino’s work with Hispanics in Atlanta and the Southeast.
“He was so gracious to me, I felt I had to come."
Two bishops noted their special connections with the
archbishop. Bishop Raymond Lessard of Savannah was or
dained a bishop by him and Bishop Eusebius Beltran of
Tulsa, Okla.. a priest of the archdiocese of Atlanta, said.
“He has certainly given the archdiocese of Atlanta tremen
dous stability and growth in faith.”
The reverent and rich services began Friday evening, the
day after the archbishop’s death, when his body was receiv
ed at the Cathedral at Solemn Vespers, Clothed in priestly
vestments and wearing the episcopal miter,.he lay in a sim
ple, white-draped open coffin.
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